The Winter Soldier epic paved the way for Captain America: Civil War, and for Cap's big-screen renaissance, with blockbuster movies based on both Captain America: Winter Soldier and Civil War - and of course the upcoming The Falcon and the Winter Soldier, which features Bucky as a co-lead. So the movie the Winter Soldier didn’t pay Ed Brubaker a dime for his Captain America work that inspired that movie. There's also the little matter of Bucky's ascent to being a fan-favorite character – something that would have seemed sacrilegious and impossible without the level of storytelling involved. RT rightaboutnow2: But that’s company policy, not in the Writer’s Guild rules. The shocking twist, the deep political intrigue, and rich supporting cast all made Captain America a must-read title for the first time in years. Winter Soldier defined the modern Captain America – both in terms of his character, the stories told with him. Winter Soldier reintroduced Steve Rogers’s long-lost partner Bucky as a brainwashed Soviet super-assassin, calling into question almost everything Steve took for granted about his own life and reintroducing Bucky Barnes to the Marvel Universe. Ed Brubaker's Winter Soldier (opens in new tab) saga really consisted of an extended narrative drawn out over several story arcs, but it remains the definitive modern Captain America tale.
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